Vinod Paragi

About Vinod Paragi

Over 27+ years of Global IT Services experience across US, Europe, Asia Pacific, China and India, with in-depth expertise in leading large Portfolios, Service Delivery Management, Management of practices and services, Business Development, driving IT Strategy, Large Client Relationship Management, leading Pre-Sales of large pursuits, Solution Design for Strategic IT Sourcing and transformation deals, Program Management and People ManagementCurrently as Senior Industry Principal leading a team of 250+ enthusiastic engineers driving the Enterprise Productivity and Engineering Excellence through Generative AI, Hyper Automation, Tools and Technologies working with 60+ clients across geographies and verticals. Handled Data and Analytics QA practice for Insurance, Healthcare, Life Sciences verticals as horizontal across globe with P&L responsibility of 60M portfolio. Key KPIs include Topline (Financial Growth), Bottom-line (Operating Margins), Service Delivery and Excellence (Delivery and contractual commitments, relationship management, Innovation and Client Value Articulation), CSAT(customer satisfaction), People Management (Building high performance teams, competency development, employee engagement, Employee Satisfaction) Managed Middleware, API testing services portfolio with a growth of 50 FTE to 300FTE in 2.5 years for financial services vertical across globeWorked in Infosys China, Shanghai development center for 6.5 years, handled ADM and Testing portfolios growing from 50 people team to 500+ in this period working with global and local clients. Managed Multi-cultured talent pool delivering great results to clients and organizationKey areas of strength include techno-functional leader with strong expertise in Delivery leadership, Practice building, Strategic planning and managing client relationships, building high performance teams, Pre-sales / sales and building strong partnerships with all stakeholdersExtensively worked in Asia Pacific region in China (6.5 years), Japan (1 year), Australia (0.5 year), Taiwan & Honk Kong (0.5 Year)A positive attitude person with abundant energy and strong communication skills, analytical & organizational skills with track record to achieve corporate & personal goals

Experience

1. Senior Industry Principal

   Infosys

   Apr 2022 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

   Ram is working for identification and deployment of Automation, software tools, reuse, digital platforms for improving developer productivity and quality across the organization to enhance client value.Ram leads the effort on delivering automation in software engineering across Software development life cycle stages, there by improving Engineering Excellence, Improving Developer Productivity & Quality across Agile & DevSecOps, Cloud, Quality Assurance.

Education

• Sri Krishnadevaraya University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Systems and Marketing

  1995 — 1997

• PESIT, Bangalore

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electronics

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• IT Outsourcing
• Resource Management
• Business Transformation
• Project Governance
• Pre-Sales
• IT Strategy
• IT Service Management
• Team Management
• Software Project Management
• Outsourcing
• Transition Management
• Test Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Management
• Global Delivery
• Project Management
• Offshoring
• Project Delivery
• Cmmi
• Requirements Analysis
• Strategy
• Pmo
• Vendor Management
• Testing
• Consulting
• Program Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Sdlc